§59-3-1. Definitions and General Provisions
(a) As used in this article, elsewhere in this code or in any other provision of law: (1) "Legal advertisement" means any notice, advertisement, statement, information or other matter required by law or court to be published.
§59-3-2. Classification of Legal Advertisements; Designation of Newspapers; Frequency of Publication; Posting; Manner of Publishing; Publication of Notices for the State and Its Agencies
(a) A Class I legal advertisement shall be published one time, a Class II legal advertisement shall be published once a week for two successive weeks, and a Class III legal advertisement shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in a qualified newspaper published in the publication area; or if there is […]
§59-2-7. Judgment Where Recovery Is Fifty Dollars or Less in Action Ex Contractu
In any personal action on contract instituted in a court of record, wherein it is ascertained that not more is due the plaintiff than $50, exclusive of interest, judgment shall be given for the defendant, unless the court enter of record that the matter in controversy was of greater value than fifty dollars, exclusive of […]
§59-2-8. Costs on Final Judgment; Judgment For, or Discontinuance as To, Some of Defendants
Except where it is otherwise provided, the party for whom final judgment is given in any action, or in a motion for judgment for money, whether he be plaintiff or defendant, shall recover his costs against the opposite party; and when the action is against two or more, and there is judgment for or discontinuance […]
§59-2-9. Costs When Original Papers or Record Replaced
For replacing the original papers in any cause, or the record in an appellate court, or supplying papers lost in cases decided, the costs and expenses shall be ascertained under the direction of the court, and adjudged against any party or parties in the cause, or divided among them as the court may, in its […]
§59-2-10. Suit by One Person for Benefit of Another
When a suit is in the name of one person for the benefit of any other, if there be a judgment for the defendant's costs, it shall be against such other.
§59-2-11. Laws as to Costs Not Deemed Penal; Discretion of Court of Equity as to Costs; Costs in Appellate Courts
The laws of costs shall not be interpreted as penal laws; nor shall anything in this article take away or abridge the discretion of a court of equity over the subject of costs, except that in every case in an appellate court costs shall be recovered in such court by the party substantially prevailing.
§59-2-12. Costs When Case Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
In any instance where a case, an appeal, writ of error or supersedeas shall be dismissed for want of jurisdiction, the court shall render judgment against the party who improperly invoked the jurisdiction of the court for all costs, whether accruing in the trial court or in any appellate court, which result from such wrongful […]
§59-2-13. Who Is to Tax Costs
The clerk of a court wherein a party recovers costs shall tax the same.
§59-2-14. Taxation of Statute Fees
He shall include in the costs to the prevailing party: (a) In any civil action, $10; (b) In civil actions in any court of limited jurisdiction, the same fees as are allowed in a circuit court for like actions.